Enciclopedia Cattolica Vol. VII, 1951 Christian archaeology Various topics

Lacunaria (Laquearia)

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LACUNARIA (Laquearia). - As in earlier civil buildings, in Christian basilicas the ceiling consisted of intersecting beams forming a coffered ceiling, which could be made with quadrilateral, polygonal or circular elements, in wood or plaster (Pliny, Nat. hist., 35, 7 and 36; Isidore, Orig., XIX, 12, 1), then covered with color, mostly gold, whether in Jerusalem in the Constantinian Martyrium (Eusebius, Vita Const., III, 32 and 36; Paulinus of Nola, Ep., 31), or in the basilicas of Rome (Prudentius, Peristeph., XI, 219-20; XII, 52; E. Le Blant, Inscriptions chrétiennes de la Gaule antérieures au VIIIᵉ siècle, Paris 1856, p. 54); as well as in Gaul (Gregory of Tours, De gloria martyrum, 103: PL 71, 793) and in Spain (Prudentius, Peristeph., III, 197-98).

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By Enrico Josi

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Translated from the Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. VII (1951), col. 796.

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Josi, Enrico. “Lacunaria (Laquearia).” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. VII, col. 796. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1951. https://azioneromana.com/article/lacunaria-laquearia.

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Josi, Enrico. “Lacunaria (Laquearia).” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. VII, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1951, col. 796. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/lacunaria-laquearia.

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@incollection{ec7_lacunaria_laquearia,
  author    = {Josi, Enrico},
  title     = {Lacunaria (Laquearia)},
  booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
  volume    = {VII},
  pages     = {796},
  note      = {Cited by column},
  publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
  address   = {Città del Vaticano},
  year      = {1951},
  url       = {https://azioneromana.com/article/lacunaria-laquearia}
}

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